What exactly does WP Rocket do?

This article shows all the features included in WP Rocket has to optimize a WordPress website.

Note: WP Rocket can adjust the settings when certain plugins, themes, and hosting environments are detected. Also, the settings can be modified by a third-party.

Automatic features

The following features are fully automated, and they are not represented on WP Rocket’s settings page:

Default settings

The following settings are activated or configured by default when you activate WP Rocket for the first time:

If you ever want to reset the WP Rocket settings to the defaults, you can:
  • Disable all options except the above. 
  • Or, delete and reinstall WP Rocket.

File Optimization tab

The options found in this tab apply on the CSS and JavaScript assets of the website:

Media tab

The options in this tab optimize the images and fonts of your site:

Preload tab

The features in this tab improve the navigation in the site:

Advanced rules tab

The features which can be used to fine-tune the cache feature can be found in this tab:

Database tab

You can find all these database optimizations in this tab:

  • Post Cleanup: Revisions, Auto Drafts and Trashed Posts
  • Comments Cleanup: Spam Comments and Thrashed Comments
  • Transients Cleanup
  • Database Cleanup
  • Automatic Cleanup

CDN tab

The CDN option can be found in this tab.

Heartbeat tab

This tab contains the Control Heartbeat feature.

Add-ons tab

This tab contains the add-ons used to extend or manage some WP Rocket's compatibilities:

Tools tab

In this tab, you can find other WP Rocket's options, such as:

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